Car bomb kills five in Baghdad

[Eugene]

Car bomb kills five in Baghdad
Tue May 23, 2006 8:49 AM BST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb targeting Iraqi police commandos in Baghdad killed
at least five people on Tuesday, police said.

The blast, which killed civilians and police officers, also wounded five people,
police said.

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Earlier, gunmen in a car killed three men and wounded seven among a crowd
of workers looking for day labouring jobs on farms north of Baghdad.

The attack at Aswad, near Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, appeared
to be sectarian in motivation. The labourers were mostly from nearby Huwaider,
a Shi'ite Muslim town. Much of Aswad's population is Sunni.

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Full article: http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-05-23T074856Z_01_GEO326108_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IRAQ-BOMB.xml

[maddezmom]

1. wonder if Bushco sitll sees this as progress

ya know last throes and all that stuff. :eyes:

[Eugene]

2. Update: 40 Killed in Iraq, 11 Near Shiite Mosque (AP)

40 Killed in Iraq, 11 Near Shiite Mosque

By BUSHRA JUHI, Associated Press Writer 49 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A bomb went off in a motorcycle parked in the courtyard
of a Shiite mosque in Baghdad, killing 11 people and wounding at least nine
— the deadliest of the attacks across Iraq that claimed 40 lives Tuesday.

The bombing in the mixed Tunis neighborhood bore the markings of the sectarian
violence tormenting Iraq. The mosque is near the Sunni Arab stronghold of Azamiyah,
and Interior Ministry Lt. Col. Falah al-Mohammedawi said the explosion occurred
a couple of hours before the 11 p.m. Baghdad curfew.

An hour later, police said a roadside bomb exploded outside a bakery in southeast
Baghdad, killing three people and wounding 12. Five people were killed earlier
in the day when a car bomb exploded at the entrance to a police station in Baghdad's
biggest Shiite neighborhood.

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At least 3,886 Iraqis have been killed so far this year in war-related violence and
at least 4,239 have been wounded, based on an Associated Press count that may not
be complete because the reporting process does not cover the entire country. During May,
at least 691 Iraqis were killed. These figures include Iraqi civilians and security forces,
but do not include insurgent deaths.

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060523/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq